ENSO episodes modify plant/terrestrial–herbivore interactions in a southwestern Atlantic salt marsh
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a Departamento de Biología (FCEyN), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 573 Correo Central. B7600WAG, Mar del Plata, Argentina b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, CP C1033AAJ, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina c Dauphin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA d Department of Marine Science, University of South Alabama, LSCB 25, 307 University Blvd, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2010